Gasoline-tank indicator



C. E. COX.

GASOLINE TANK INDICATOR.

APPLICATION man sEPr.22.1`919.

Patented Oct. l?, i922.

earner y GLATUIDE E. CDX, F .DETRGI'J'L, MIICEIEGAN.

GASmLINE-TANK INDCATR, I

'Application led September 22, 1918 Serial No. 325,324,

To all whom it may camera:

Be it. known that l, CLAUDE E. Cox, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the' county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful limprovements in Gasolinelank lndicators, of which the following is a specification.

\ v My invention relates to liquid level indi- 1e cators, and more particularly to gasoline tank indicators for-use on automobiles.

@ne of the objectsof my invention is to provide a simple, edective and inexpensive construction for mounting the float and transmission mechanism in relation to the gasoline tank, in such form that the transmission-shaft-lead ,may be in any angular relation to the plane of movement yof the float-arm, and other objects are to improve.

and renestructural features for cheapness,

lin-the drawings wherein ll have illustrated l an embodiment of my invention, lFi-g. 1 is a sectional view of a gasoline tank equipped withthe float assembly; Fig. 2 is a vertical section on line 2-12 of Fig. 1. c

'llhe tank 10`has an aperture 11 to receive the assembly frame, thetank opening being surrounded by an externally threaded collar 3@ 12 `to receive a nut 13 having a horizontal flange 1&1 around its central opening. The frame head 16 'preferably has with a basel'? y danged to interfit between the collar 12 and nut-Harige 14, a post, 18 rising from 'the center of the base and carrying a transverse barrel 19 closed at one end. 'llo the underp side of the head casting is secured a post member or hanger 20, preferably made of a stripof sheet metal, having a horizontal 4o upper end 21, a vertical leg 22, ribbedxfor strength,. a horizontal bearing section E23, and avertical vlower-end portion 24:. lin the latter portion is xed a headed pin 25 'having a reduced threaded end 261 `passin ce 'through a hole inthe hanger section 2e an secured -inhorizontal position` by nut 27, this pin constituting a fixed pivot on which is mounted the gearing member y,28 having an elongated hub and a bevel gear element 29; El@ Rigidly or is a float am 30 the full extremity of which is bent horizontally asat 31 to pivotally .carry the doet 32. YBevel gear 29 meshes with bevelpinion 33I xed on the lower endintegrally fixed to the bevel gearv of a slender shaft 3e which passes through` ybeveled gear 38, the hub ofl which is smaller than the recess'and bears on the top ofthe bushing 37. The toothed surface of the lbeveled gear 38 extends into a horizontal bore 39 in the barrel 19, there being at the inner endofl said bore 19 a slender counterbore d() in which is mounted a slim bearingend of a shaft member 41 which, between the gear 38 and the shoulder of thecounterbore, carries a small beveled ar 4t2, meshing with gear 38. Uppositely yond the gear 38 the shaft 41 has an enlargement 4:3 terminating in a bearing enlargement da which lits in the bore 39, well removed from the meshing gears, so that the shaft al is supported very accuratel and with small frictional surfaces. he flexible transmission shaft t5, for connection in any suitable way with any suitable indicator auge, is connected to the enlarged portion o the shaft 4&1," and an enteriorly t readed bushing 4&6 ywith a suitable nut-head is screwed int/o the open end of the bore 39. A. tubular casing fl-Z may be rovided to surround and protect the flexible shaft d5, and this issecured in the barrel 19 by means of the -bushin 46;' y

llt will be observed t at the construction is simple, easily assembled, and. permits that the head be connected tothe hanger `(by suitable positioning of the holes for the screws35) in any'desired position of rotary adjustment in manufacturing ,so that the transmitter shaft t5 may be led from the head at any requiredangle accordantly withl the location and character Vofthe -gasoline tanken the automobile. The bearin for the zsinall'bevel gearsv are of the wide y-spaced eov nio

` tioned gear.

and no material liabilitl of any of the'parts to get out of position or best Worln'ng co` operation. i

What I claim is: (j

1.l lnav device of the character described an attaching head having a vertical post "gear on saidv shaft member adjacent said terminal pivot facing the open end of said bore, a drive-shaft arranged axially of` said vertical bore of the post and carrylngat its top a beveled gear meshing withsaid firstmentioned gear; a hanger depending 'from said head and positioning said drive shaft, and a float connected with said second-menbeing open and the other end being closed and formed with a reduced axial bearing, a

j transmission Vshaft melber entering said horizontal bore and provided with a terminal pivot journaled in said reduced bearing, said shaft member being formed with a bearing f portion engaging said horizontal bore adjacent its open end, a beveled gearon said shaft member adjacent said terminal ivot facing the lopen end of said bore, a riveshaft arranged axially of said vertical bore of the post and carryin at its top a beveled gear meshingwith said rst-mentloned gear; the lower end of saiddrive shaft being also equipped with a beveled pinion, a hangerframe having an orificedl yhorizontal upper portion secured to said jhead and 'arranged 'to support-said second-mentioned bevel gear, said hangerl frame having a vertical inter-i mediate portion and a lower horizontal poi-, tion formed with a bearing arranged to -pivotally engage the lower end of said drive shaft andy having'. also a terminal vertical 2. ln a device of the character described an attaching head having a'vertical post rel portion formed respectively with vertical `and horizontal bores, one end of said barrel bearing portion; a bevel gear element rotatably mounted on said bearing portion of the l hanger frame and meshing with the pinion.

on the lower-end of -said drive shaft, and a float connected with said bevel gearlele- `portion and a superimposed transverse barnient.Y

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